The main questions many folks are asking is — what happened to the blowout preventer? Why did the BOP fail?

When are those new BOP regulations that we’ve been talking about since the BP / Deepwater Horizon disaster going to be implemented? And would those new regs address the cause of failure in this incident?

Drilling safety comes down to a lot of nitty gritty details. But the BOP is a critical element of safety that deserves the highest level of attention. It’s the main thing protecting us from the next major oil spill.